Who should Attend?
This free webinar will be available for up to 1,000 participants. We anticipate attendees to be individuals providing recovery coaching services, and others with a vested interest in advancing recovery supports for people with substance use disorders. These parties include:

people in recovery from mental illness, addiction, or both who provide peer support services;

family members;

students in recovery ;

researchers and educators;

supervisors and administrators of peer support services and behavioral health systems

providers of other services for individuals in recovery (primary health care, housing, employment, etc.); and

policymakers.

Description
While medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders has been part of the addiction treatment landscape since the 1970s, many questions persist regarding how to best deliver services and supports to people with opioid use disorders who use medications (naloxone, buprenorphine, and methadone) to support their recovery. Research suggests that peer recovery coaching is beneficial for people in recovery from substance use disorders (Bassuk, Hanson, Greene, Richard, & Laudet, 2016). Yet most peer recovery coach training programs do not provide sufficient information to prepare coaches to successfully support people using medication as part of their recovery plans. Peer recovery coaches may leave training with inaccurate or incomplete information, or misconceptions and negative biases about medication-assisted treatment, hampering their ability to provide effective recovery coaching for people who use medication-assisted treatment.
This 90-minute virtual training event will include a 60-minute presentation focusing on the knowledge and skills that can help peer recovery coaches support people using medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders. Participants will learn about common misconceptions and biases, the medications used to treat opioid use disorders, and recovery support strategies used by peer recovery coaches. The remaining 30 minutes will be dedicated to questions, answers, and discussion.

Webinar participants will be able to:

explore their own beliefs, biases, and knowledge about recovery pathways that include medications for opioid use disorders;

explain the benefits of medication-assisted treatment for people with opioid use disorders; and

describe at least five key recovery support strategies that can be used by peer recovery coaches to assist people with opioid use disorders who use medication-assisted treatment.

BRSS TACS Webinar Series

BRSS TACS webinars are recorded, closed captioned, and available for viewing at your convenience. Visit the BRSS TACS webinars page to access the archived webinars.

Please note: CEU’s will not be available; however, we do offer certificates of completion upon request